Where did all the eccentrics go?

When I was a young woman I met an Oxford eccentric called Enid Starkey. She taught French and wore the colours of the French flag. Her house was painted red and blue too.

I think some of you are confusing nightwear with loungewear. There is a section in marks and Spencer for the latter. It is just loose, comfortable casual attire. I am assured by my husbands niece that it is quite usual to come in after a day at work and immediately change into one’s nightwear. Certainly, I usually change into something a bit more comfortable, such as jeans when I get in from work. Each to one’s own I guess.

Though I would never go shopping in pyjamas!

Jaxie

It’s those men who dress as toddlers in jogging bottoms with their petits paquets ( as my French friend would say) poking rather too obviously out that disconcert me.

My pet hate. Baggy grey jogging bottoms with unrestrained appendages …..??

Someone l know was trying to tell me about her brother in law lying on the sofa, with his jogging bottoms pulled up a bit high on the waist.
She kept gagging when she thought about it.

In answer to WhiteRabbits "where are all the colourful and funky people", I can inform her they are alive and well and living in the South West.

It has just occurred to me that possibly the answer to the question is "Posting on this thread." We have moved from the trend-setters to the eccentrics, we just didn't notice

Well said Trisher though I don’t think I was ever a trend setter.Always did my own thing

I saw one today, at Notting Hill Gate tube. He had long grey hair, at least shoulder length, a big grey moustache, and was wearing knee length very flowery shorts and what looked like a bright red short cardigan. He walked past on the platform quite fast so I couldn’t go and get a better look without it being obvious!

There was a lovely man I met in Scotland who was an eccentric, I would say.
He lived in a caravan, which he shared with 2 "Irish jigs" as he called them (pigs - great big ones)
He was a lovely, gentle, kind soul.

I think in the past many 'eccentrics' were people who were neurally diverse, when these problems were not recognised or mentally damaged in childhood in some way.

Now that we recognise neural diversity and do so much more to try to help people integrate in society and be accepted, real eccentricity is bound to be reduced and, in those circumstances, no bad thing